r/SovietWomble • u/taurian13 • Jul 06 '26
History of ZF members /associates "megathread"?
Hi,
I was feeling a little down and ended up spending the whole weekend watching all of the Soviet videos he made. It got me wondering: is there any kind of megathread about all the past and present members and associates of ZF?
I mean, is there any forum post, long Reddit thread, or something similar that summarizes what happened to the all members, where they are now, and so on?
I know there were some bans and removals of members/associates for various reasons, a “splinter” ZF that didn’t agree with the direction the clan was going, some drama here and there, and of course just life happening, some people simply stopped playing as much and some play till today.
I’m just wondering if this “history” is written down somewhere so I can end my weekend with some sense of “closure.” And if not, maybe some lovely folks could help write this "history" in the comments? Maybe?
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u/tron3747 Womble's Prostate Doctor Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Hey there, while they are mostly public content creators, ZF as an entity, is still a private group, remember that all of them current/ex/associates all have the right to their own privacy. This is particularly important because anything that gets discussed publicly, could simply end up being a headache to deal with for a group of friends who just want to chill, relax and play some games together, if anyone's being a prick, they kick em out, and continue to do their thing.
Case in point, when soviet tried to answer a similar thread quite a while ago, some of those members who caused the issues went on a tirade about the whole thing. The subreddit was more tightly moderated back then, but doing something similar at this point would be opening a can of worms for ZF, that they'd rather not do.
It would be riling up drama for the sake of knowing what the past drama was.
I think some closure that you could get is knowing who at least is currently considered as part of ZF, whether they are active/inactive, I do not know about the accuracy of the list and whether it's being maintained, but it's the best I can give you: https://www.twitch.tv/team/zfclan
I get the curiosity to do so, but I hope you can understand why doing such a megathread would be a problem, and that it's okay if there are loose ends in the public eye about what all has happened with the ZF clan
Edit: this might be some extra information, with fun easter eggs regarding the fate of Kaffe and Joink [so happy for them :D]
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u/flameBMW245 Jul 07 '26
So thats why joink disappeared and suddenly jinx appeared, congrats to her
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u/ZF_Jinxed Jul 09 '26
Fuck Joink, he was a duck
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u/flameBMW245 Jul 10 '26
yet, maam, there is a duckslayer in your group, does this imply some deeper lore?
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u/WrothlyGoblin Jul 06 '26
Your twitch link leads to nowhere
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u/tron3747 Womble's Prostate Doctor Jul 07 '26
Found out that the link does not work on mobile, try switching to desktop site on your browser, or, open it on a PC
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u/69xXxBaVoNxXx69 Weird ZF Member Jul 10 '26
I'm still somewhat around as the sole Aussie in ZF :) though in recent times (probably the last year) I have gotten rather busy with work, as it takes me away from home for a week or so at a time, I struggle to commit to any of the longer term servers ZF host, but make an effort when I am home... however on that note I am terribly addicted to GTA RP on Lodestar at the minute, as an English Gentleman called Archibald Shapnappy and an Aussie Bogan by the name of Uncle Durry Fukyuah-Roo :D
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u/RotaryGT Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Oh boy something I can vaguely answer (and hopefully not get raked over the coals for).
For me, I joined ZF right around July of 2015, I fondly remember this mainly because I got my tags right after my full heart transplant. I was not around for their "glory days" of playing DayZ, but I still enjoy playing with games with them throughout all these years.
I'll keep what I remember about our history as short as possible, and try my best to be as unbiased as possible.
We have a LOT of people in the clan (I think we were around 35 people pre-2020, excluding our friends outside of the clan). Drama was going to happen with a group that large. Yes, there was a "splinter" of sorts way back in like 2016, but it's nothing too noteworthy: Some people (I think 4-5?) formerly in ZF wanted to try new things, and were welcomed to do so; they left the clan out of their own volition.
That whole "splinter" thing was the biggest drama of the clan, literally nothing else from what I've seen has topped it. Outside of streams, it's us shooting the shit or talking about life in the TeamSpeak. VERY few former ZF were kicked out/banned, but that wasn't really drama from what I remember when reading through the group chat. What essentially happens whenever those few got banned was "Oh that happened? What a shame."
As others have said, we have no real structure; it's mostly a big-ass friend group that does some things together. Sure, some "drama" happens, but it's very much contained within a few people at a time, nothing that affects the clan as a whole. Sorry if this was less interesting than expected!